“…Specifically, compared with non-abused individuals, abuse survivors exhibited considerable impairments in functioning both at ages 15 and at 21, including more depression, anxiety, psychiatric disorders, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and emotional-behavioral problems. Child abuse interferes with a child's ability to acquire appropriate emotional regulation skills, and this can lead to greater emotional dysregulation, with the possibility of this dysregulation continuing into adulthood (Artime & Peterson, 2010;Burns, Jackson, & Harding, 2010;Ciccheti & White, 1990;Collin-Vézina, Isabelle, & Martine, 2013;Schelble, Franks, & Miller, 2010). Indeed, Thompson, Arias, Basile, and Desai (2012) found that, in comparison to their non-maltreated peers, women who were abused as children experience greater emotional disabilities.…”